When Things Fall Apart (Throwback) 🗓️ 1/11/24 • 🕑 52:45 • 📁 48 MB Podcast

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Climate change, political unrest, random violence: modern society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls “a thin layer of ice on top of an ocean of chaos and darkness.” In the United States, polls indicate that many people believe law and order is the only thing protecting us from the savagery of our neighbors. This idea is often called “veneer theory.” But is it true?